Nose guard for eyeglasses



Dec. 11,1945. M. D ORSAY 2,390,523

NOSE GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES Filed Jan. 3, 1942 INVENTOR. AMIFCEUE 0 0/954)7 .5 TAV/VWATTORNEY v V Iv Patented Dec. 11, 1945 OFFICE- NOSE GUARD FOREYEGLASSES V Marcelle DOrsay, New York, N. Y. Application January 3,1942, Serial No. 425,490

2 Claims.

.My present inventiomrelates to eye-glasses, spectacles and the like,and more particularly to the guards thereof or, those portions of theframework coming into contact with the nose of the wearer.

It has heretofore been the practice to shape the guards of theeye-glasses to conform to the shape of the nose at the point of contacttherewith, and in some cases, to flexibly mount the guards so as topermit them to conform to the irregularities of the surface of the nose.Attempts have also been made to provide the surface of the guards withvarious resilient pads or suction devices to cause them to more closelyadhereto the skin. Some of the styles and types of resilient padsheretofore used have been more or less satisfactory but, in the main,they have not been practical because they were not readily replaceable.

Having these many prior experiments and types in mind, it is the mainobject of my present invention to overcome these defects and to providea practical guard unit which may readily be removed and replaced with anew one either by the optician or; the wearer himself.

Another object of my invention is to provide a nose guard having areadily removable unit including a soft resilient material of a natureimpervious to the oils, greases, etc. of the skin and one which will notdiscolor or become unduly soft or misshapen in use.

A still further object is to provide a removable guard unit with a typeof fastener generally familiar to the average person and, one whereinthe several elements thereof are readily assembled in use.

The many additional objects and advantages of my invention will bereadily apparent to those skilled in the art and more particularly soafter a careful study of the following specification and the drawingattached hereto and made a part hereof.

In said drawing like reference characters indicate like parts throughoutthe several views and wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pair of spectacles illustrating aform of my nose guard in position;

Figure 2, a cross-sectional view of my nose guard showing a plurality ofsecuring devices;

Figure 3, an elevational view of said guard showing a non-skid surfacethereon.

In the drawing, I have illustrated what I consider to be a simple,practical and eflicient adaptation of my invention and although I haveillustrated such a construction it is to be clearly understood that myinvention broadly comprehends a two unit guard comprising first, areceptor unit rigidly secured to the frame of the glasses and secondly,a detachably mounted resilient guard padboth units being detachablyunited by means of a suitable separable fastener means.

In the form of my invention illustrated, the numeral l0 designates apair of spectacles generally, H the lenses, [2 the bridge, l3 theguards, and [4 the temples. The guards may be of any practical typeeither rigidly or flexibly mounted on the bridge and, in the formillustrated, -I use a metal stud [5 which has a bifurcated rear end Itfor rigidly securing it to the bridge. A metal plate [8 is secured tothe stud l5 and generally conforms in contour to the area of the nose tobe contacted by the guard pad. The plate may be of any type of rigidmaterial and of any desired shape.

The snap fasteners comprise the male elements I! and the female elements[9. The male elements H are fixedly secured to the plate l8 as byriveting and the female elements l9 are fixedly secured to areinforcement plate 20 as by solder or the like, in alignment with themale elements, as shown in Fig. 2. The details of the female elementsare not described or illustrated because they are so well known. Themember 20 may be of rigid or semi-rigid material and is generally of ashape and size corresponding to the guards of the eye-glasses. Variousmethods may be employed for positioning a layer of resilient material,such as rubber or the like, 2|, upon the plate 20, but I prefer to dipthe plate one or more times in a latex compound until the plate iscovered entirely with the correct thickness of rubber. Obviously, thatportion of the rubber immediately adjacent the opening in the femalemember of the snap fastener is removed in any convenient manner.

In Figure 2 I illustrate a form of my invention wherein two snapfasteners are used to secure the guard pads 20 to the guards [8. Aplurality of fasteners may even be resorted to in cases where theguard'pads are large or, where there is a tendency to pivot about theknobs I1, as will be understood.

Figure 3 illustrates a form of guard pad wherein the nose contactingsurface of the guard pad is provided with a non-skid design or, aroughened surface 22, to increase the frictional contact between theguard pad and the nose of the wearer. It is obvious that such a surfacemay be produced in various ways, as by molding in a suitable mold, or bythe use of abrasives, or by impressing the desired design into therubber bewill first remove the guards and their pivots and in placethereof mount one of the studs or arms I5 carrying the plate l8 to whichare secured the knob members I! and then snap on to the knob members I!one of my rubber guard pads. Should the guard pads become worn or hardfrom use the wearer may himself, -or engage an Optician for the purpose,secure new guard pads and, after removing the old guard pads, snap thenew :g'uard pads into position. The operation of removing the old padsis quite simple. It may be done by inserting the finger nails betweenthe rubber coveredplate 20 and the plate l8 and prying the pad outwardlyaway from the plate 18, "or by inserting the'endof alknife orsmallscrew-driver therebetween and prying the pad outwardly vas will beunderstood.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have evolveda simple but verypractical guard for eyeglasses and one which may be very easily attachedto all forms of glasses and the nose contacting unit thereof, replacedfrom time to time as desired. While I have described and illustrated apractical embodiment of my invention it is to be clearly understood thatother forms may be resorted to, or other materials and shapes anddesigns, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.For example, it is obviously within the spirit and scope of my inventionto reverse the position'of the snap-fastener elements and securethefemale members l9 to the plate t8, and secure the male members to theplate 20.

I claim:

1. A nose guard for eye-glasses comprising a plate secured to the bridgeby a stud, two male members of snap-fastener means mounted upon saidplate, a detachable pad member consisting of a rubber pad conforming insize and shape to the area of the nose to be contacted and havingembedded therein a metal support to which are secured the female members'of said-snap-fastener means in alignment with said male members, thefirst named plate conforming in size and :shape to the opposed surfaceof said pad member.

2. A nose guard for eye-glasses comprising a stud rigidly secured to thebridge, a plate mounted on said stud, a member of a detachable :snapfastener means mounted upon said plate, a detachable rubber pad memberhaving embedded therein a metal support for the opposite member of saidsnap-fastener means, said plate and pad member conforming in size andshape to the area of the nose to be contacted.

MARCELLE 'DOR'SAX.

